Olivier Horiot Coteaux Champenois Riceys Rouge En Val Bazot 2018 070226CHILL and one of the wines

and one of the wines that will define the vintage

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Les Premices comes from the family's newest vineyard -- taken over in 2016 from the maternal side of the family

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Olivier Horiot Coteaux Champenois Riceys Rouge En Val Bazot 2018 070226CHILL and one of the winesCoteaux Champenois is the still red of Champagne, and few growers take it as seriously as Olivier Horiot. En Val Bazot is one of Les Riceys' most respected lieux dits, a clay and limestone site over Kimmeridgian bedrock that gives Pinot Noir real structure. Harvested by hand, fermented spontaneously, and aged eighteen months in oak, the 2018 lands somewhere between a savory Cote de Nuits and the leaner Pinots of the Aube. It's a quiet wine, but a